What motivates your activism?
--> So many of the conversations that take place during Shake! planning and delivery engages with the discussion of what our motivations for activism are? Is there a space for ‘feelings’? Should we be motivated by love or anger? Do they even stand in opposition? If not, then how do we...
Shake! Recommendations for Alternative Media Sources
"Citizens of the democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control, and to lay the basis for meaningful democracy.” ChomskyHere is a list of alternative media sources that Shake!rs recommend for getting information...
Review of Shake! @SLCT’13 in The SOAS spirit magazine
Here is what Crisitiana from The SOAS spirit magazine had to say about Shake! when she came for a visit.
rough draft of a never-ending process
rough draft of a never-ending process1“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” 2so let us Begin:to disbelieve in any system claiming to have a “monopoly on the truth”3to make Noise – and to listento Eat great food – but not too muchto Work – but not too muchto...
Reframing the ‘Riots’ – Voices of the Unheard
We're excited about the premier of a new feature-length documentary in London today - Riots Reframed takes a look back at the 2011 UK uprising in London and reframes the mainstream media narratives of "feral youth" through voices of resistance, dramatic monologue and raw spoken word. Film-maker...
BORN INTO THIS?
Charles Bukowski was listed as an influence of one of the Shake!rs for the Shake!’13 @SLCT week. Bukowski was a German -born American author, prolific poet, short story writer, columnist and novelist. His work has inspired and influenced so many great writers and thinkers and he is often...